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house of study

or House of Study

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noun

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Origin of house of study

First recorded in 1925–30

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for house of study

The well-to-do householders—sons of the Law—assemble in the house-of-study, a large one with piles of books!
Stories and Pictures|Isaac Loeb Peretz
The Chassidim kept their eye on him, and persecuted him, and he was not even allowed to pray in the house-of-study.
Yiddish Tales|Various
She takes two gulden for washing the floor of the house-of-study—not enough for dry bread—and he, what can he do?
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In the house-of-study was an old split stove, of which Yssil was the official heater.
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He had to be brought into the house-of-study (the Hekdesh was no longer in existence), and there he died!
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